Why is my tampon hurting me
Why does it hurt to put a tampon in - 3 common causes of tampon pain.
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today I'm gonna teach you why it hurts
to take out a tampon or to put one in
now when I was in college I had a
roommate who couldn't ever get a tampon
in every once in a while I would hear
her in the bathroom saying how and when
she came out I would ask her if she was
okay and she'd always say oh yeah I was
just trying to get a tampon in now if
you've ever experienced anything like
this or pain when you were taking a
tampon out keep watching this video
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dive in and talk about tampons so Tammuz
are super awesome when it comes to
keeping your menstrual flow up inside
your vagina it's less messy than using
pads and it makes it easier to dance or
workout or swim or whatever it is that
you like to do but what do you do when
your tampon hurts why is it hurting and
what can you do about it in this video
we're gonna go over all of this I can
tell you from experience then when my
tampon is uncomfortable I feel instantly
irritable and even slightly irritating
things turn me into a complete beast
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there are a few things that can make a
tampon hurt number one if the tampon is
not in all the way
so the tampon is meant to sit inside the
vagina all the way so this is kind of an
anatomical model here here's the vagina
here's the uterus here's the rectum in
the bladder and if the tampon is sits
all the way inside the vagina then you
shouldn't be able to feel that at all
but if it sits low to where it's around
the vaginal opening that is super
uncomfortable and it's really irritating
so if this happens you can either just
pull it out or you can wash your hand
and use one finger and just push it back
in deeper please be sure to wash your
hands afterwards of course number two
you try to take a tampon out before it's
ready so when a tampon is dry meaning
there is it very much blood on it yet
and you take it out the fibers on the
tampon are gonna rub on the vaginal
walls and the vaginal opening and this
can hurt when you have something that is
dry rubbing on something else that is
dry that creates friction if it feels
like it's too dry to come out give it a
few more hours before trying to take it
out again but never leave it in for
longer than 12 hours this can increase
your risk of something called toxic
shock syndrome which is a rare but
really serious infection or you can try
switching from a super to a small or a
light tampon instead if you want to
learn about the symptoms of toxic shock
this will be a future video topic so be
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when that video comes out number three
an attacked hymen hymen is a little
piece of skin that covers part of the
vaginal opening most of the time that
gets broken on its own when girls are
younger activities like biking or
horseback riding or sports or any other
physical activities can cause this to
happen but if it's still there by the
time you go through puberty it might
hurt to put a tampon in or you could
just have a tight vaginal opening you
have a little circular muscle at the
vaginal opening like any muscle it can
gradually become more flexible similar
to when you stretch before or after a
workout but the structure that muscle
might be uncomfortable first most of the
time this gets better pretty quickly
when a girl first becomes sexually
active but
surely a girl might have to get a small
procedure to make the vaginal opening a
little bit bigger so back to my friend
that I talked about at the beginning of
this video along with not being able to
put a tampon in she also had never had
sex and when she got engaged she decided
that it was time to go see her
gynecologist so he did a minor procedure
on her super-easy and just like that she
never had problems using tampons again
and she had a super fun honeymoon - so
what do you do if you have a tight
vaginal opening and you can't get a
tampon in and you really do want to
avoid a surgery you can purchase vaginal
dilators online that help to grab - a
stretch out the vaginal opening and I'm
not going to get into that too much
today but if it's something you're
interested in I'm gonna put a link in
the video description that will take you
to good vaginal dilators that can help
to gradually stretch out that vaginal
opening now putting tampons in don't
cause pain but you are concerned about
what is in the tampons themselves I
totally get it
so to help you out I also put a few of
my favorite organic tampons in the
description below - so hey if that helps
go check them out the question that I
have for you is what is your favourite
brand of tampon and why if this video
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